DAREDEVIL Win Bond celebrated her 60th birthday by jumping out of a plane at 20,000ft and raised thousands of pounds for charity in the process.

She completed her tandem-skydive at Tilstock Airfield, near Whitchurch, in July, and is now starting to see the rewards for her leap of faith.

Win has raised more than #8,000 from the jump for the North West Air Ambulance Service.

The cash has come from some unlikely sources thanks to the astounding generosity of many.

Win, who lives in Bunbury, said: 'I'm ecstatic with the amount raised. I never thought I would raise that much and the cash is still coming in.

'I would like to thank everyone who sponsored me. Among those is a 10-year-old boy I know only as Josh. He washed the dishes for an entire week and donated #5.

'I would also like to thank Colin Brook, who was the captain of the plane I was on board for a holiday to Portugal the day after the jump. He kindly read out my letter over the Tannoy on the plane telling everyone what I had done. I raised #82 from the passengers.'

Win, who has also had many donations from businesses, friends and family and people from as far as Cambridge, Dorset, Lancashire and Cheshire, is now dreaming up ideas for her next big fundraiser.

Three years ago she took part in her first skydive, raising more than #6,000 for Tarporley Hospital. But now she is hoping to go a step further.

'I would like to do a wind-walk,' she added. 'It's where you walk along a wing of a plane while in the air.'